Love and Humour.

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Love and Humour.

WHEN first I saw you, in eclipse,
A veil about your head, 
And wondered at those unseen lips
With wit bediamonded:
Then laughing down the street I went,
And sang upon my way, content.

Next time we met in dim surmise, 
Upon an autumn morn, 
And in those understanding eyes
Shone humour, rainbow-born:
So travelling through this earthly maze,
A greater light fell on my ways.

But, when I saw your head unveiled,
Feature, and form, and hue:
A woodland fairy, silver-mailed,
Lightwinged upon the dew:
Then did I pay a heavy cost,
For love, a world of laughter lost.

Title: Love and Humour.
Identifier: greatwar_asquith16

Item sets: The Volunteer and Other Poems

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